Life history strategy and the HEXACO model of personality: A facet level examination

Abstract

The HEXACO model and life history theory have been used to examine the adaptive trade-offs of personality traits that combine to guide life history strategies (LHSs). A “fast” LHS embodies a preference for early mating along with limited parental investment, whereas a “slow” strategy denotes the opposite pattern. Clarity is currently needed regarding how the HEXACO dimensions, as well as their lower-order facets, differentially relate to …